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Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulae ), also called a "passive verb" or "linking verb", is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement or an adverbial...
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Copula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Copula may refer to: • copula (linguistics), a word used to link subject and predicate • copula (music), a type of polyphonic texture similar to organum • copula (statistics), a function linking marg...
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Copulas: a personal view.(Viewpoint essay); ... Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language COPULA. A VERB that joins a SUBJECT to its COMPLEMENT . A term in the GRAMMAR of...become , get (wet); go (bad); grow (old); turn (nasty). Be is the copula that most often takes adverbial complements:
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however, the difference between these and Examples (1) and (2) is that the copulas are required as auxiliary verbs in the progressive aspect (3) and the passive voice (4). ... English grammar, on semantic principles. New York: Oxford University Press. Hussey, S. (1995). The English language: Struc-ture; & development.
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With respect to conditions for the creation or development of contact varieties on American soil, low proportions of target language (English) speakers relative to those learning it as a second language favor pidginization and creolization.
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